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You want to make sure your lab uses an ELISA test rather than a latex agglutin test if you intend to use D-Dimer to rule out DVT/PE in low pretest probability patients.
You want to make sure your lab uses an ELISA test rather than a latex agglutin test if you intend to use D-Dimer to rule out DVT/PE in low pretest probability patients.